Acheivements and Professional Activities

• Awards and recognitions:

· IFN academic fellowship (2015 - 2017) from NSF, USA at University of Puerto Rico, PR

· IFN summer fellowship (2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016) from NSF, USA at University of Puerto Rico, PR

· Recipient of Semester Abroad Program fellowship at VIT (2008 - 2009)

· Best Poster award winner at Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics - 2013

Professional service activities

Major services:

· Chair of IEEE Young Professionals Central Illinois Section, IEEE (2018)

· President of MRS University chapter at University of Puerto Rico, San Juan (2014 – 2017)

Advisory Board Member: “Material Chemistry”, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK

Editorial Board Member: “Advances in Materials (AM)”, Science Publishing Group Inc., NY, USA and “Materials Science: Materials Review”, Whoice Publishing PTE. LTD., Singapore

Professional memberships:

· Member of material research society (MRS) since 2010

· Member of institute of electrical and electronics engineers (IEEE) since 2010

Workshops and school organizing committees:

• Organizing secretary for the 8^th and 9^th Workshop on Frontiers in Electronics (WoFE) in 2014
• Secretary for the 1^st and 2^nd Workshop on Multifunctional Nanomaterials (WMN), San Juan, PR USA from 2014 - 2016

Reviewer activities:

• Active reviewer at Scientific Reports, Mat. Sci. Engg. B, PLOSONE, Vacuum, J. Appl. Phys., Mat. Res. Expr., Semicond. Sci. and Technol., J. Phys.: Cond. Mat.